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'Man of the people' Lee Anderson takes £15k donation from posh private members club

The Ashfield MP sparked fury this week by claiming foodbank users squander their money on “fags and booze”

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Inside Paul O'Grady's countryside home he shares with his husband and menagerie of pets

Paul O'Grady lives with his husband and many animals in a cosy home in Ashford. He shares adorable photos of his pets with fans on Instagram

Daily Mirror

Terrifying video captures raccoon attacking five-year-old waiting for school bus

Rylee MacNamarabitten on the leg on the porch at her home in Ashford, Connecticut

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Watch: Mom to the rescue as raccoon attacks daughter on porch

A girl was attacked Friday morning on the porch of her home in Ashford, Ct., in a harrowing scene captured via security camera.

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Two more confirmed cases of deadly bacterial infection in pupils after girl, 6, dies

Echelford School has told parents two more pupils contracted a deadly bacterial infection after a six-year-old girl died following a Strep A outbreak at nearby Ashford Church of England Primary School

Daily Mirror

Parents keep children home as school 'yet to be cleaned' after outbreak kills girl, 6

Parents have kept their children at home today after a six-year-old girl pupil died amid an outbreak of rare group A streptococcal infection at Ashford Church of England School, Surrey

Daily Mirror

Four Strep A warning signs after child, 6, dies from rare outbreak at school

Classmates and teachers at the primary school in Ashford, Surrey were given strong antibiotics by specialists from the UK Health Security Agency

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Up to 45 dead babies might have survived with proper care at NHS trust, report finds

Top obstetrician Dr Bill Kirkup warned that the conclusions of his inquiry into maternity care at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust were "shocking and uncomfortable"

Daily Mirror

Maternity failings in Kent NHS trust led to dozens of baby deaths, report says

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital and William Harvey Hospital in Ashford are facing severe criticism

Evening Standard

Parents of baby who died after choking at nursery say they are expecting another boy

Zoe and Lewis Steeper faced every parent's worst nightmare when their nine-month-old son Oliver stopped breathing while eating at pre-school in Ashford, Kent on September 23

Daily Mirror

Yachtsman saved by crew mate after suffering heart attack while sailing on lake

Norman Khine, 52, a father of three, collapsed during a yacht race on the Queen Mary Reservoir, Ashford, Surrey, leaving 70-year-old Steve Bell to sail solo

Daily Mirror

So Solid Crew's Lisa Maffia's baby cousin died after falling in hot tub, inquest finds

Lisa Maffia, former star of So Solid Crew, lost her baby cousin to a tragic drowning in June after he fell face-first into a hot tub at a home near Ashford in Kent

Daily Mirror

Eurostar blow for UK passengers with Brexit and Covid aftermath blamed

Cross-Channel passenger rail services have not called at Ashford or Ebbsfleet since March 2020 when trains were halted at the start of the pandemic

Wales Online

Eurostar says trains will not stop in Kent before 2025 due to Brexit and pandemic

Trains have not called at Ashford or Ebbsfleet since the pandemic

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Eurostar stations in Kent to stay closed for at least two years – partly due to Brexit

Europe-bound trains won’t stop at Ashford and Ebbsfleet International stations for at least ‘two to three years’

Daily Mirror

Inside massive £1.5m 18th century home that’s part house and part castle

The Tower House in Ashford, Kent, is a Grade II listed Georgian property that in a shocking turn of events comes complete with its own castle tower

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Mum's terror as son falls 5ft down drain shaft on walk after faulty manhole gives way

Video caught from a neighbour's house shows the bone-chilling moment toddler, Theo, disappeared from view with his mum Amy Blyth, dramatically rescuing him from the sewer water in Ashford, Kent

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Convoy of UK fire trucks heading to Ukraine to help emergency services

The group set off from Ashford, Kent carrying thousands of pieces of equipment.

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The Range founder vows to take over shops left empty by rivals - including John Lewis

Publicity-shy former market trader Chris Dawson has set out plans to snap-up empty branches left by rivals. It came as The Range prepares to open its 203rd store in a former John Lewis in Ashford, Kent

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Brompton Bikes plans £100m wetland factory on stilts

Britain’s biggest cycle maker commissions circular factory over Ashford floodplain with capacity to make 200,000 bikes a year

Daily Mirror

Sisters desperate to find brother's decapitated head 15 years on from his murder

Ashley Dighton's body was found in the woods in Ashford, Kent, in June 2007 and his heartbroken sisters Amanda and Shawny are still searching for his killer 15 years later

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